Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, commonly represented as a pyramid, has physiological and safety concerns at its base. These basic concerns include food, shelter, and freedom from violence, and it makes sense that people need these existential needs met in order to live well. But it’s easy to focus on planning for everything else except the […]
Notes On Being Busy
“Nowadays, encounters of the spirit must be scheduled long in advance, and even then the endless tide of deferred chores and anticipated engagements never ceases to break on our attention… “In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that in the future, as technology increased efficiency and production, a fifteen-hour work week would become the norm: ‘Thus for […]
